Official JPN data
Mohd to Muhammad, Nor to Nur: name elements by decade
The share of the top-10 total held by entries starting with Mohd, Muhammad, Nur, Siti and others in the JPN Malay tables. It describes registered spellings, without guessing at the reasons.
- Mohd … (1980s)
- 79.9%
- Muhammad … (2010s)
- 76.9%
- One-word Nor- (1980s)
- 46.3%
- Siti … 1980s → 2010s
- 32% → 5%
Shares by element
Malay table · boys
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| Decade | Mohd … | Muhammad … | Mohamad, Muhamad, Mohammad … | other |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ’40 | 0% | 0% | 8% | 92% |
| ’50 | 0% | 0% | 8% | 92% |
| ’60 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| ’70 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| ’80 | 80% | 6% | 0% | 14% |
| ’90 | 6% | 86% | 8% | 0% |
| ’00 | 0% | 94% | 6% | 0% |
| ’10 | 0% | 77% | 12% | 11% |
Malay table · girls
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| Decade | Nor- (one word: Noraini) | Nur, Nurul, Nor (separate word) | Siti … | other |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ’40 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| ’50 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| ’60 | 9% | 0% | 0% | 91% |
| ’70 | 35% | 0% | 0% | 65% |
| ’80 | 46% | 0% | 32% | 22% |
| ’90 | 0% | 69% | 31% | 0% |
| ’00 | 0% | 84% | 16% | 0% |
| ’10 | 0% | 79% | 5% | 16% |
Mohd to Muhammad
In the 1980s, entries starting with Mohd held 79.9% of the boys’ top-10 total. A decade later, entries starting with Muhammad held 86.1%, and 76.9% in the 2010s.
Joined Nor- to separate Nur
One-word names such as Noraini and Norhayati peaked at 46.3% (1980s). After that, entries with Nur or Nurul as a separate word held 68.7%, and 78.9% in the 2010s.
Each element
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Entries starting “Muhammad” (Malay table · boys): 6% (1980s) → 77% (2010s)
442 compound names in this reference
Muhammad Firdaus · Muhammad Aiman · Muhammad Hafiz · Muhammad Afiq · Muhammad Haziq · Muhammad Syafiq · Muhammad Haikal · Muhammad Irfan · Muhammad Faiz · Muhammad Adam · Muhammad Asyraf · Muhammad Abduh
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Entries starting “Mohd” (Malay table · boys): 80% (1980s) → 0% (2010s)
No compound names containing the word “Mohd” in this reference; 442 compounds are listed under Muhammad.
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Entries starting “Ahmad” (Malay table · boys): 17% (1940s) → 6% (2010s)
188 compound names in this reference
Ahmad Abdullah · Ahmad Adnan · Ahmad Afif · Ahmad Akhir · Ahmad Akmal · Ahmad Ali · Ahmad Amar · Ahmad Aminuddin · Ahmad Asyraf · Ahmad Awang · Ahmad Azam · Ahmad Azhar
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Entries starting “Nur” (Malay table · girls): 60% (1990s) → 69% (2010s)
282 compound names in this reference
Nur Hidayah · Nur Syafiqah · Nur Atiqah · Nur Izzati · Nur Afrina · Nur Ain · Nur Aina · Nur Aishah · Nur Alia · Nur Amira · Nur Aryana · Nur Azilah
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Entries starting “Nurul” (Malay table · girls): 9% (1990s) → 8% (2010s)
142 compound names in this reference
Nurul Hidayah · Nurul Ain · Nurul Alyssa · Nurul Asyikin · Nurul Atiqah · Nurul Farisha · Nurul Fatin · Nurul Huda · Nurul Izzah · Nurul Nabila · Nurul Nadia · Nurul Najihah
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Entries starting “Siti” (Malay table · girls): 32% (1980s) → 5% (2010s)
150 compound names in this reference
Siti Aishah · Siti Fatimah · Siti Aminah · Siti Asha · Siti Faeyza · Siti Faridah · Siti Hariesa · Siti Hawa · Siti Khadijah · Siti Khatijah · Siti Maria · Siti Maryam
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The Malay, Chinese and Indian tables are JPN’s own breakdown; they describe the data, not people. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
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MalaysianNames (malaysiannames.com). “Name Elements in JPN Data: Mohd, Muhammad, Nor and Nur”. https://malaysiannames.com/en/popular-names/name-elements/. Updated . Data: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0), last updated 2023-07-26.
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Frequently asked questions
Are Mohd and Muhammad counted together?
No. JPN publishes each spelling as a separate entry, and these charts follow the published spellings.
Why are “Nor-” and “Nur” separate?
Nor- here means one-word names such as Noraini; Nur means a separate word such as Nur or Nurul. The two are written differently in the data.
Why did spellings change?
The JPN data does not say, and we do not guess. This page only shows what was registered.